Glossary
Access times. The averageData stream. The flow of dataMb. Megabyte. Basically meansSustained transfer. The rate
amount of time to access an that accomplishes a task, usuallyone million bytes, but is actuallywhich data can be transferred
item of data.related to moving data from1024 kilobytes or 1024 X 1024from one device to another.
storage to computer RAM orbytes which is 1,048,576 bytes.This rate is an average over a
Analog. (as opposed to digital)between storage devices.longer period of time than a
where digital is defined discreteMb/s. Megabytes per second.burst transfer rate. Because the
items which can be reduced toDigital. Discrete informationMeans of measuringsustained transfer test is longer,
zero and one bits, Analog isthat can be broken down to throughput.it means the testing will take
continuous, so on any graphicone or zero bits.into account both reading or
representation of Analog dataMegabyte. see Mbwriting from the storage
there are an infinite number ofEIDE. Enhanced IDE supportsdeviceOs buffer, as well as
points between any two points.two IDE ports unlike IDEOsRecord a CD. Burn a CD,from the media. Reading and
Digital Approximates by addingsingle port. Commonly referredWriting a CD. Uses special Writing from the media is a
data points.to as IDE.CD-Recordable discs which much slower operation, so
can be altered by the laser in the sustained transfer test is
Buffer. RAM Cache that is faster Host. A device on the SCSIa CD-R drive.usually a much better test for
than the data is being delivered.bus is either a host or target. determining the usability of a
Buffers are used so data may beThe host is also known as SCSI. Small Computer Systemdevice in a real application,
stored and delivered to thethe initiator.Interface. A Standard used forsuch as recording a CD.
receiving item as it is needed.communication on PCs.
kb kilobyte. Basically this
Burn a CD. Recording a CD-R.means 1000 bytes, but is Source hard drive. The drive
Because a laser is used to write actually 1024 bytes.which contains information that
a CD it is also known as burningwill be written somewhere else.
a CD.kb/s kilobytes per second.In CD recording, the source
Means of measuringhard drive contains the
Burst transfer. The fastest athroughput.information that will be
device can transfer, usually written to the CD Recorder.
from its buffer.Kilobyte. See kb
CD-R drive. A drive that can
write to recordable CD-R media.
CD-RW drive. A drive that can
write to recordable CD-R and
Rewritable CD-RW media.
CD-ROM drive. A drive that
can read from CD media.
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